Monthly Archives: August 2005
Microsoft Needs to Overhaul Prerelease Cycle
Microsofts long prerelease cycle—early hype, alpha release, feature cutbacks, beta releases, tweaks, final release—has become business as usual for IT users, who have come...
Fujitsu Debuts XP Tablet
Fujitsu Computer Systems Corp. this week will introduce a notebook PC for users looking for a tablet-style computer that lets them stick with Microsoft...
Security Firm May Stay Mum
The security research company responsible for discovering a software hole later used by the Slammer worm is considering an end to its policy of...
ANTs Takes On TimesTen in Battle of the Super-Fast Databases
ANTs is staying nimble, releasing a version of its super-fast database thats now able to support applications written for TimesTen, a fast database bought...
Macromedia Launches Studio 8
Macromedia Inc. Monday announced Macromedia Studio 8, the new version of its suite for Web designers, video professionals and graphic artists to design, develop...
Spyware Researchers Discover ID Theft Ring
Spyware researchers picking apart one of the more notorious spyware programs have stumbled upon what appears to be a massive identity theft ring hijacking...
The Knowledge Trek
With at least some of his ashes soon to be placed in Earth orbit, the late James Doohan cant even be imagined to be...
Dell, IBM Offer Server Products Geared for Linux
Dell and IBM on Monday both introduced new server products with features and software packaged to appeal to the Linux market and due to...
MS Plans to Highlight Unix Services in Windows Server R2
At this weeks LinuxWorld conference, Microsoft officials are planning to play up the Windows-Unix interoperability and cross-platform application-portability strategies that will be enabled Microsofts...
SSA Global Acquires Boniva Software
ERP provider SSA Global Technologies announced Monday yet another technology acquisition to round out its portfolio. The company said it acquired Boniva Software, which...